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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-1

…yed by public or private organisations.These lists are made up of the following identification data:1° The full name of the professional concerned ;2° The last correspondence address of the profession…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-7

…hnical provisions corresponding to the classes mentioned in 4 to 7, 11 and 12 of Article R. 321-1 : 1° (Repealed) 2° Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 332-6, premiums or contributions are a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Swimming establishments and aquatic activities

Article D322-16

…which sets out, depending on the configuration of the establishment mentioned in article D. 322-12: 1° The number of people responsible for ensuring supervision and the number of people responsible fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-12

…visions of Article R. 2272-14, the following persons sit on each of the sub-committees mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 6° of Article R. 2272-10: 1° The Minister for Labour or his representative, Chairman…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-19

…ivities are carried out, exits and clearances must comply with the following specific requirements: 1° There may be no fewer than two exits where these must allow the passage of more than five people;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Approved management centres, management and accounting associations, approved associations of the liberal professions and approved joint management bodies

Article 1649 quater J

The renewal of approvals for approved management centres, approved associations and approved joint management bodies takes place, with the exception of the first renewal, every six years (1).

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

…oduced below: "The fact of carrying out or having carried out on a person the research mentioned in 1° or 2° of article L. 1121-1 or a clinical trial mentioned in article L. 1124-1 of the Public Healt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-10

…1-2 and the employees referred to in a and c to f of 5° of the same article must provide proof of : 1° Either a professional training period of a reasonable and sufficient duration, which may not be l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-10

…loyee representatives all relevant information on the proposed mass redundancies. It shall indicate 1° The economic, financial or technical reasons for the proposed redundancies ; 2° The number of red…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-6

Professional trade unions of employers, their unions and employers' associations mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 that wish to establish their representativeness on the basis of Title V of this Book I a…

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